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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES"
+description: "Amends current law so that initial contraceptive prescriptions would no longer be limited to a 3-month supply."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6038"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6038 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Boylan", "Carson", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Felix", "McGaw", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/151c2dde-7018-4ae1-b455-cbf6116ed27f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e3018a029a23b3a2893180b44089ed91d8ee0d91ae746721ffb9f5a2aa754dc8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 6038 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES
+
+Amends current law so that initial contraceptive prescriptions would no longer be limited to a 3-month supply.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6038** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6038.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **59–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/01/2025)
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/151c2dde-7018-4ae1-b455-cbf6116ed27f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+